Using card-based games to enhance the value of semi-structured interviews
Jennifer Rowley
Manchester Metropolitan University
Rosalind Jones
Bangor University
Magda Vassiliou
Manchester Metropolitan University
Sonya Hanna
Bangor University
Introduction
Semi-structured interviews are widely used in qualitative research. They are particularly beneficial for research (and consultancy, and evidence gathering) where there are clear questions arising from practice or from the previous body of knowledge on a topic. They are a particularly useful approach for encouraging well-informed managers, professionals and other practitioners to report on their attitudes, experiences, knowledge and understanding of work practice and processes. This paper reports on one aspect...